Originally Posted by Razor (Post 9513907)

Early X-er here (1966)..Interesting to reflect back on all the tv shows. Anyways, all this generation talk made me think of a piece I read years ago I can't remember if I mentioned it before or not? ..Basically, it called Gen -X "Gen screwed"..There were a lot of boomers, so they sewn up all the well paying "job for life" positions...Now these positions are becoming vacant because of retiring boomers, and they are now being given to millenials because Gen xers are "too old" and don't fit into their youth movement recruiting process.

Originally Posted by esquire (Post 9513886)

I can relate to this, I used to watch Three's Company when I was in elementary school. Even though I'm sure much of it went way over my head.

That is one thing that I suppose has changed since I was a kid in the 80s... back then, in the pre-specialty cable channel era, kids' shows were mostly limited to Saturday morning with a small smattering of kid stuff throughout the rest of the week. When I was a kid, I ended up watching stuff not meant for kids simply because there were no age-appropriate options most of the time. When I was under 10, I remember watching Knight Rider, The A-Team, shows like that. When my parents turned me loose at the video store, I remember picking stuff like Rambo movies, raunchy 80s comedies, etc. I remember watching wrestling which was somewhat kid-friendly in those years but even still not the greatest content.

By contrast, my kids have an endless array of kid content to stream on Netflix, Disney+, etc. Most of it is reasonably high quality even though some shows are so-so. I get usage reports for their profiles and I'm not sure that they ever see anything they aren't supposed to. Mostly cartoons and kid-oriented shows. My son is 8 and has a few favourite youtubers, but most of the stuff he watches on that platform is either pretty wholesome like Dude Perfect (sports trick shots and related antics) or just straight up sports content like NHL/WHL highlight reels.

I guess they don't have those shared experiences like us with the Three's Company, but they are definitely exposed to way less content that isn't meant for them.

Originally Posted by acottawa (Post 9513928)

I think there was a big difference between early and late Gen X. Early Gen X got sandwiched. Late Gen X hit a sweet spot, found jobs in an improving economy, entered the housing market before it took off, and were established by the time the GFC hit.

Originally Posted by acottawa (Post 9513928)

I think there was a big difference between early and late Gen X. Early Gen X got sandwiched. Late Gen X hit a sweet spot, found jobs in an improving economy, entered the housing market before it took off, and were established by the time the GFC hit.

Originally Posted by ScreamingViking (Post 9513868)

Did your dances end with Stairway to Heaven? Ours did.

Originally Posted by esquire (Post 9513886)

I guess they don't have those shared experiences like us with the Three's Company, but they are definitely exposed to way less content that isn't meant for them.

Originally Posted by Acajack (Post 9513922)

Speaking of which... when I was a teen in the 80s if you lived in Quebec or even in areas outside the province where you'd get the Quebec private TV networks, it was a big deal for teens to stay up late Saturday night and watch (mostly European) softcore porn films. The multiple films of the Emmanuelle series were among the favourites. I think I could still sing the theme song by heart.

I seem to recall this programming first started on TVA which is the oldest and biggest private network, but fairly quickly TVA stopped airing them and the new network Quatre Saisons (TQS) picked up the slack, giving the time slot the now famous "Bleu Nuit" name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWgACb-ZAv8

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin (Post 9514007)

Is that a good thing though? I find that a lot of parents these days are quite controlling in terms of what content they allow their kids exposure to - which are of course usually very safe, age-appropriate stuff (and which unlike many shows or movies of the past, have little cross-generational appeal). I don't have kids yet but I can't imagine that not exposing them to anything more challenging, or allowing them to sift through media on their own to build their own interests is good for their development or independence.

Originally Posted by biguc (Post 9513356)

Nu Metal was made and marketed by Xers. Attributing it to the tweeners who listened to it in the 90s is wrong.

Originally Posted by biguc (Post 9514035)

That isn't even close to anything I've said.

Get a hobby and stop humping my leg.

Originally Posted by esquire (Post 9514023)

But it's not as though we lock the place down. For instance, my kids could pick up the TV remote control and flip through the channels to see what's on. However, they never do. There is simply too much stuff that they like available at the touch of a button... they press the little microphone button on the remote, say what they want to watch, and off they go.

When there is so much content that you like, you don't really have to waste time sifting through a bunch of other stuff.

Originally Posted by Acajack (Post 9513922)

Speaking of which... when I was a teen in the 80s if you lived in Quebec or even in areas outside the province where you'd get the Quebec private TV networks, it was a big deal for teens to stay up late Saturday night and watch (mostly European) softcore porn films. The multiple films of the Emmanuelle series were among the favourites. I think I could still sing the theme song by heart.

I seem to recall this programming first started on TVA which is the oldest and biggest private network, but fairly quickly TVA stopped airing them and the new network Quatre Saisons (TQS) picked up the slack, giving the time slot the now famous "Bleu Nuit" name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWgACb-ZAv8

Originally Posted by Acajack (Post 9513922)

Speaking of which... when I was a teen in the 80s if you lived in Quebec or even in areas outside the province where you'd get the Quebec private TV networks, it was a big deal for teens to stay up late Saturday night and watch (mostly European) softcore porn films. The multiple films of the Emmanuelle series were among the favourites. I think I could still sing the theme song by heart.

I seem to recall this programming first started on TVA which is the oldest and biggest private network, but fairly quickly TVA stopped airing them and the new network Quatre Saisons (TQS) picked up the slack, giving the time slot the now famous "Bleu Nuit" name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWgACb-ZAv8

Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin (Post 9514049)

Fair point - as I said I don't have kids of my own, so I'm not sure what the motivations from the perspective of a modern-day child might actually be. When I was a kid I tended to actively seek out more grown-up content and generally rebuked "kid's stuff", but, then I was also a generally pretentious little shit and a youngest sibling, so not necessarily indicative of most.

All's I know is that when I watch new cartoons with my nieces or nephews they're just excruciating and completely unwatchable for any adult.

Originally Posted by MolsonExport (Post 9514128)

We all knew about Bleu Nuit and the Emmanuelle series. It was better than having to rely on the scrambled screen soft-porn on "First Choice".

My god, the hours I would waste watching Bleu Nuit, waiting to see some p*s*y

Originally Posted by O-tacular (Post 9514107)

That existed into the 90's and 00's in anglo Canada too. I remember Showcase would play Red Shoe Diaries and Flesh Gordon every weekend late at night.

Originally Posted by niwell (Post 9514204)

Haha I remember this all too well as a young teen. Even that showcase was channel 32 on cable in Calgary! It also got me into shows like Oz interestingly enough, which I think was the prototype for modern Prestige tv.